Telecommunications Revenues Dropped in 2012

30. 09. 2013

Telecommunications Revenues Dropped in 2012


Revenues from electronic communication in Slovenia in 2012 dropped to EUR 1.21bn, which was 1% or EUR 18m lower than the year before, according to the data released by the Statistics Office. Investments in the sector on the other hand grew by 44% or EUR 53m to EUR 173m.

 


The biggest part of the revenue from electronic communications - 36% or EUR 435m - was accounted for by public mobile services.

 

Landline telephony services accounted for EUR 233m or 19% of the total revenue; while inter-network connections generated EUR 139m in revenue or 11% of total revenue in electronic communication.

 

Accounting for 33% or EUR 405m of total revenue is the segment other revenue, which also includes revenues generated by broadband internet access services.

 

While total turnover dropped by 1%, the revenues generated by public telephony services was down 15% by EUR 76m in 2012 compared to 2011.

 

The revenues generated by inter-network connections dropped by 18% or EUR 30m.

 

Revenues from landline telephony services on the other hand increased by 22% or EUR 43m and so did other revenues, which went up by 13% or EUR 46m.

 

More than 5,600 people worked in the industry in 2012, which was 4% less than the year before, statistics show.

 

Source: TheSloveniaTimes

 

Telecommunications Revenues Dropped in 2012